Coronary calcium remains an effective filter for invasive angiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 613-614

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955637633     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.056     Document Type: Letter

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